66 Idioms Easily Misused

1. beautiful: used to describe tall and gorgeous houses, not works of art. ..

2. Customer-oriented (about the second time): it can only be used between husband and wife, not between friends, classmates and colleagues.

3. Childhood friends: only for young men and women.

4. Unity: It can only be used between people, not between things.

5. turn a deaf ear: not for visual purposes.

6. The road is blue: it can only be used to describe the hardships of starting a business, not the hardships of life.

7. A lot of sweat: describing many books, but not many other things.

8. Face-to-face life: for elders to younger generations, peers and friends.

9. Three orders and five applications: the superior uses it for the subordinate.

10. An endless stream: used of people, horses, cars and boats.

1 1. Easy to write: the pen is used to write and draw, not to be polite.

12. suddenly enlightened: it cannot be used to describe a person's personality.

13. Unforgettable: It is wrong to match with traces, impressions, achievements, career and truth, and it is wrong to match with emotion and friendship.

14. Old people: only used to describe women.

15. Exquisite workmanship: it can only be described as artificial exquisiteness, not as natural exquisiteness.

16. Step by step: only for study and work.

17. Treading on thin ice: used in people's mood, not in the environment. Idioms that are easy to be "praised and criticized upside down"

18. wait and see: it is urgent to describe expectations.

19. Good at calculation: accurate description, good at judging the situation and deciding strategies.

20. There is still a long way to go. Show that there is something to do and advise people not to do it in a hurry.

2 1. Rare: a metaphor for a rare person or thing.

22. Magnificent scenery: describe the richness of beautiful things.

23. refreshing: describe a poem or an article as beautiful and moving, giving people a fresh and hearty feeling.

24. There is another world: the realm of describing scenery or artistic creation is fascinating.

25. Creativity: Describe creativity, such as conception and design.

What you said was unintentional: it means that you didn't mean it.

27. bleak management: refers to the idiom of painstaking management, which is easy to be taken out of context.

28. Dissatisfaction: generally more satisfied, used to force others to do difficult things.

29. Turn the tide: it means trying to save the sinister situation. If there is no sinister situation in the context, it cannot be used.

30. Help each other: it is a metaphor for being in the same predicament and helping each other.

3 1. Live up to its reputation: name refers to reputation, which is a good reputation, but there is no general reputation.

I heard that the subject of this idiom can only be the infected person, not the infected person.

33. Intimacy: You can only be the complement of "de". Idioms prone to "contextual repetition"

34. unforgettable: the metaphor is deeply touched and unforgettable, and cannot be used as an "unforgettable lesson."

35. can't help laughing: the original meaning is that you are keen on something but can't help yourself, and the latter means that you can't help laughing.

36. Secrets that can't be told: words or things that are deeply hidden in your heart and difficult to say can't be used as "unspeakable difficulties".

37. Conan's dream: generally refers to a beautiful dream, which means that gains and losses are impermanent, and the dream is empty, so it cannot be regarded as "Conan's dream".

38. Being dwarfed: In contrast, showing one side is very inferior and cannot be used to "appear dwarfed".

39. If the thorn is on the back: to describe fear, you can't use "if the thorn is on the back".

40. Black and blue: describe being beaten all over, and you can't use "being beaten all over".

4 1. the most important thing: the original meaning is that what should be done is the most important thing, and the latter means that what is being done at present is the most urgent and urgent thing, so it cannot be regarded as the "current top priority".

42. One after another: describe many people coming one after another, and can't be regarded as "breaking in one after another".

43. Talk with relish: It means to talk about something with relish, and can't be used as "talk with relish".

44. Well-known: it is very famous, so you can't use "well-known at home and abroad".

45. Duty-bound: You can't shirk your responsibility to others, and you can't take it as an "unshirkable responsibility".

46. The loss of life means that people are in an extremely difficult situation and cannot be used to "make our people lose their lives".

47. Living and working in peace and contentment: Living and working in peace and contentment and engaging in one's own career happily cannot be regarded as "the life of people living and working in peace and contentment".

48. Seeing (making people laugh) is generous: being laughed at by experts or knowledgeable people cannot be regarded as "just making people laugh".

49. Inferiority: In the past, it meant that a person's appearance and behavior were inferior to others and he felt ashamed. Later, I generally mean that I feel inferior to others and can't be "ashamed".

50. Students: refers to a large number of scholars and cannot be regarded as "a large number of students".

5 1. Ask yourself: It can be said that it is calm and aboveboard, and it cannot be regarded as "asking yourself and answering yourself".

52. Insight: refers to correct and thorough understanding and opinions, and cannot be used as "putting forward insightful opinions".

53. erudition: people are very learned and talented, and can't be described as "erudite".

As we all know, we can't use "this is well known".

55. Inferiority: You look down on yourself so much that you lose confidence, so you can't describe it as "inferiority".

56. Safe word of mouth: Unexpected praise cannot be regarded as "safe unexpected word of mouth".

57. Busy: I have to deal with tens of thousands of things a day, so I can't use "busy every day".

58. Shame: It means that you are very shy and cannot be used as "shame".

59. Epiphany: Epiphany, not as "I suddenly feel suddenly enlightened."

60. A long way to go: Metaphor bears a great and arduous responsibility, and it must go through a long and arduous struggle, so it cannot be regarded as a "long-term responsibility".

6 1. In the ascendant: describes the vigorous development of things, and the momentum is endless. You can't use "in the ascendant".

62. sentient beings: originally refers to all sentient beings, and later refers to a large group of ordinary people, and cannot be regarded as "all sentient beings."

63. I've been thinking, I can't forget it, and I can't use "I've been worried about it."

64. Tears of gratitude: I am very grateful and can't be regarded as "tears of gratitude".

65. Vivid: one by one clearly presented in front of us, not as a "vivid past."

66. Dazzle: It describes being dazzled by seeing complicated or dazzling things, and cannot be used as a "dazzling person".